Plagiary

Pronunciation

UK IPA: /ËˆpleÉªdÊ’(Éª)É™É¹i/

Alternative forms

plagiarie 16th-17th c.

Origin

From Latin plagiÄrius ("kidnapper, plagiarist"), from plagium ("kidnapping"), probably from plaga ("a net, snare, trap").

Full definition of plagiary

Noun

plagiary

(plural plagiaries)

(archaic) A plagiarist.
(obsolete) A kidnapper.
The crime of literary theft; plagiarism.

1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.6:Plagiarie had not its nativity with Printing, but began in times when thefts were difficult, and the paucity of Books scarce wanted that Invention.

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